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		coolhand2120 on July 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Injunction issued in case about social media press... > People shouldn't be allowed to speak their piece when that piece can be bright-line traced to people dying. Authoritarian governments love it! All for public safety, that’s the spirit! “You can’t say that, someone might hate it enough to attack me! Doesn’t matter how true it is!” -any dictator

Zetice on July 7, 2023 [–]

…someone might believe it enough to kill themselves or others.

Absolutism helps no one, and you already rely in the government to protect you in a number of “authoritarian” ways, so it’s not like you have a moral opposition to the idea.

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